beermenufromthe40's

Beer Menus

from the 1930's and 1940's

(Above) Ale, Porter and Stout descriptions, edited from a NH distributor's ad, in 1935.Notice that health claims were still allowed in the early years after Repeal, and the erroneous claim that Ballantine was the "oldest brewing firm in America".
At the time, both the Boston Beer Company (founded 1828) and D. G.
Yuengling of Pottsville, PA (1829) and possibly other breweries that had
opened after Repeal were older than Ballantine.

Price list at World's Fair Ballantine Inn, 1939.

(Right) "BPR" stands for "Bumper", apparently an English term for a large bottle, which Ballantine used for both their long neck quart bottles and "cone top" quart beer cans. US brewing industry of the time also routinely referred to 12 oz. bottles as "pints" and "splits" here refers to the small 6 or 7 oz. bottles (aka known as "ponies" or "nips" in the US).